To buy a house that I can't afford to change the decor of?

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Think footballers wives....very marble and shiny. Great area, gorgeous outside spaces, amazing garden. We can't afford to buy it and change the decor for about 4 years.

I am being unreasonable - just buy it and change it when you can afford it.

I am not being unreasonable - interior is so important, keep looking.

Depends how good your alternatives are / how likely you are to find them in time.

I think you're BVVU for this ridiculous statement, regardless of the decor. What on earth does hard work have to do with being able to buy a house?

Buy it! Not many can move in to a new home and have it be "move in and taste specific". If it fits your priorities make sure you're choosing on substance over style. You can change the style over time.

Only buy what you can afford.

If i bought a massive house i wouldnt be able to sleep at night worrying if i would be repossesseed.
I dislike big fancy houses too much maintainance and big gardens i hate gardening anyway i couldnt think of anything worse.
Dont keep up with the Jones's it never ends well. Do you really want to put yourself in debt to be like Hyacinth Bucket?.
Im on the very verge of divorce so my dream home will be a 2 bed apartment with a respectful lodger and nice neighbours if im lucky.

Hard work because most people have to this to afford a mortgage unless they pay cash for a flat or house that requires a lot of improvement. Even then you need money to pay builders decorators etc.

Do you mean real marble? That's easy to clean and could look good with rugs.

If you mean those synthetic marble things that make workers ill, no.

Can't imagine the fireplace. Why and how is it along a whole wall? Like for roasting oxen? Can you shelve some of it or something?

I have never understood marble. Its difficult to clean heavy and if someone slips or falls near a fireplace a nasty or even fatal injury.
Nice to look at in a stately home but i dont want one.
As someone else said breathing silica dust for the people who install it not good.

It's really easy to clean and nice and cool in hot weather.

Marble is also cold! I've lived in a flat with marble floors and I certainly wouldn't install them by choice.

Exactly. Marble floors i would hate them. They might work in somewhere hot like Greece but not in the UK.
I have a electric dimplex stove with a ikea shelf above it for picture frames ornaments etc good enough for me.

Ewww that would ;ut me right off buying it.
Tacky wag style isnt my thing.

Like others have said, don’t be put off by decor. When I moved the house needed everything doing. I had a modest amount of money and wondered how I would ever afford it. What happened was that going room by room doing the work myself whilst working full time, I spent the money much more slowly than I anticipated and managed to accumulate some more cash over the long time it all took!

It was actually in Greece that I had one - but I moved in in winter and it was freezing.

“Great area, great schools and a gorgeous garden”

OP, what’s not to like? And even if you don’t entirely care for the marble floors, they’re very practical and easy to clean.

Think about that question for a minute.

"What on earth has hard work got to do with buying a house?"

Really?

Exited to fix fat finger typing!

Definitely buy it, decor can be changed easily in you own time. Everything else like garden and schools can’t be changed.
once you put you own things in it may not look so bad

You might find it has underfloor heating, which will be fine.

We bought a house that I loved except for the massive fake stone fireplace, which I said we’d replace as soon as we could (less about cost than that I didn’t want the disruption and mess with two toddlers)

That was nearly 34 years ago, we’re still here, and so is the fireplace. I really don’t notice it anymore.

Surely this is what most people have to do? Ten years after buying our place we still have a kitchen that is not to my taste, but it is functional and not too offensive.

It is very shiny and monochrome (white gloss cupboards, dark charcoal worktop and floor tiles and lots of stainless steel fittings).

It looks a lot better since we added a colourful blind (It had a bare window before) and painted th walls a light relecting cream colour rather than the stark, rather cheap white that was there before.

Oh and we still have the stippled artex ceilings I swore I couldn't live with for more than a few months 😄

Once their furniture is out and yours in you might be surprised

I'm assuming similar houses decorated more to your taste don't come along too often? If so, I'd buy it. You can always pick up inexpensive rugs on FB marketplace, freecycle, etc to cover the floors until you have the money to replace.

That sounds pretty retro and cool now!

PP, the OP I expect mentioned that because a) it's in her budget just the extra de-blingling is distracting and may take time but isn't urgent. So, to avoid comments about 'can you really 'afford this?'

Also b) because of someone is mentioning purchasing something expensive, these threads often go down the route of the Four Yorkshiremen (I'm from Yorkshire). I'm not rich but once asked about some posher wallpaper than id normally go for as a treat. There were several of these 'lady muck' comments. And it was only a few rolls of paper.

Real marble flooring is a good quality natural material, even if it's not to your taste you'd be a fool to remove it. It's just spending money and destroying the environment for something fleeting (your personal taste). Something the current owner has already done. Keep it and make it work by e.g. adding vintage rugs to your taste, it will ultimately give you a more unique look than ripping out what's there and redecorating 100% with your current taste. Prioritise updating things that are worn out or poor quality and living in the house and making it work for your family. FWIW I can think of far worse options than something neutral and expensive.

Not to me 😊